I often harvest a touring band for a house concert gig. I’ve had Genticorum, Buddy System, Syncopaths, Faux Paws, and Countercurrent all playing in my living room. The dance bands love playing repertoire that they can’t play for a dance. I reach out to them, but what would be useful is a database of house concert hosts willing to hear from touring artists. Or at least a way for local organizers to know who hosts concerts in their area.
The pandemic is still making hard to get people to come indoors and sit close to each other. I have a concert tonight for a touring artist from Ireland that ought to have 40 people at it. I have only 20. I have abundant Covid precautions in place, but people aren’t used to being in a crowd anymore. I live stream too on Facebook, but people are sick of staring at a screen and hardly anyone shows up for those. I feel less nervous hosting concerts for local artists who don’t have the travel nut to cover. Doug Plummer Doug & Robin’s House Concerts https://www.facebook.com/DougandRobinHouseConcerts <https://www.facebook.com/DougandRobinHouseConcerts> > On Sep 21, 2022, at 9:05 AM, Emily Addison via Organizers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Seth and Doug + All :) > > Seth and Doug - Thanks so much for sharing some ideas and tips on house > concert organizing! I had to set that project aside for a few weeks but > I've dug into some planning today and your advice and links are really > helpful. > > All - I'm wondering about house concerts being an additional way that we can > support dance musicians + bring together our communities during this time > when some people feel able to dance while others can't. For a long time, our > contra community (in Ottawa ON) would book a little tour for dance musicians, > with them playing in Montreal the day after, and sometimes doing an afternoon > workshop. I know lots of dance musicians are ready to play but there > aren't as many dance gigs (at least yet) than before the pandemic. Having > the option of house concerts seems like a really great option. > > Anyway - I don't want to take up too much bandwidth on this list as it's > about dance organizing but Seth and Doug... thank you! I'll follow up as I'm > sorting out details. :) > > Hope you're all doing really well. I got in my first in-person dancing this > past weekend since the start of the pandemic. It was the Adirondack Dance > Weekend. What an incredibly well organized event it was... .... so many > lovely details making the whole weekend very magical. > > :) Emily > Writing from Ottawa ON > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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